Features

Dive directly into XML code using the Code View. Exercise complete control over XML documents with a host of editing features, including customized toolbars, inline attribute editor, automated tracking of errors, Intelliprompt of attributes and elements, search using XPath, and advanced XSLT features.

Usher in the future of publishing technical communication by delivering rich, interactive content virtually anywhere. Publish frameless, SEO-friendly, cross-browser, cross-platform multiscreen HTML5 output to a wide range of channels (such as mobile, web, desktops, and print) and screens (including tablets and smartphones).

Smoothly integrate with best-of-breed CMSs like EMC Documentum and Microsoft SharePoint via built-in connectors, and others using third-party plug-ins. Get a set of APIs to connect your enterprise authoring environment with virtually any CMS. Improve searchability of content with custom metadata.

Leverage the advanced image editing capabilities of Adobe Illustrator CS6 from within the native FrameMaker environment. Explore new paths with the essential vector tool to tackle complex designs with the power of native 64-bit support that helps speed up your largest projects and the most demanding effects. 

Create a variety of transformation scenarios by applying pre-defined or customized XSLT to XML files. Execute these transformations using a range of JAXP-compliant processors, such as Xalan and Saxon. Define the scope of the transformation—a file, all files of a folder, DITA map or all children of a book.

Eliminate the need to browse through numerous lines of XML code. Use the XPath Pod to find your elements and automatically apply functions to them. Customize your query builder, get suggestions, define the scope of queries, use the history dropdown feature, and save search results for greater productivity.

Make your technical content available to users in the format they prefer. Publish to multiscreen HTML5, WebHelp, CHM, eBook (EPUB 3, Kindle Format 8), native mobile apps (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows, Symbian), Adobe® AIR®, PDF, Microsoft® Word, Adobe FlashHelp®, JavaHelp, EclipseHelp, and OracleHelp for Java™.

Choose from out-of-the-box layouts for desktop, iPhone^#, iPad^#, Kindle Fire, and more, or define custom layouts and map them to screen profiles. Edit the topic style, content, and search features in each layout. Conveniently change styles using a toolbar. Preview pages to see how the layouts will appear.

Speed up XML authoring with a range of productivity features such as Intelliprompt of elements and attributes, template based structure suggestions, automatic insertion of end tags, dynamic validation, and pretty printing. Work faster with large XML/DITA files and DITA maps in multiauthoring environments.

Deliver content to smartphones, tablets, and eBook readers in EPUB 3, KF8 and Mobi formats. Publish to devices (such as iOS and Android™ smartphones and tablets, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble NOOK™, Sony Reader™) and reader apps (such as Adobe® Digital Editions, Calibre, Aldiko, and iBooks)^.

Enable real-time collaborative content creation and increase productivity in multi-authoring environments. Experience superior performance when accessing RoboHelp projects from a shared location on enterprise networks. Manage assets across users and projects with Microsoft® SharePoint. Reuse shared assets and shrink time-to-market.

Rapidly author interactive eLearning and HTML5-based mLearning content with Adobe Captivate® 6. Easily create product demos in HD, application simulations, and softskill and compliance training. Liven up courses with actors, themes, and interactive elements. Roundtrip with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

Develop richer, more engaging technical content by adding a variety of high-impact multimedia features. Enjoy robust support for video content in MP4, FLV, and SWF formats. Customize videos by selecting posters and creating linksΩ with text, to play, pause, or jump.